Jane Foster
30 August 1761–
Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Jane
When Jane Foster was christened on 30 August 1761, in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Foster, was 26 and her mother, Jane, was 25. She had at least 1 son with Benjamln Thomas.
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Family Time Line
Benjamln Thomas
1759–1799
Jane Foster
1761–
Benjamin Thomas
1783–
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1735–1799Male
1736–1806Female
Siblings
(6)
1758–Female
1758–Female
1760–Female
1761–Female
1765–Male
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1815
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Fewster
Forster
Sources (1)
- Jane Foster, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
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